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Thursday, March 5, 2009

I had an exciting, fun-filled day today! First, the FedEx guy stopped by to bring me a copy of the April Guideposts Magazine! My article is in there! Yahoo! I look hideously fat in the pictures that were taken last summer, but other than that, it's awesome!

After that, the UPS guy stopped by to bring me a box of :::::::drumroll::::::: my books! My actual, real, honest-to-goodness book! It isn't a dream after all!

After I rolled around in the pile of books for a while, Karen from Guideposts stopped by. Because I'm going to begin videoblogging for the Guideposts website, Karen, videoqueen extraordinaire, flew in from New York today to teach me how to shoot a video, how to hold the camera steady, how to shoot a "B roll", and how to keep a log of the footage I've shot.

Karen suggested getting some footage of the kids playing outside. I suggested getting some footage of the muddy footprints they tracked inside. She suggested getting shots of Brooklyn playing with her dolls. I suggested getting shots of Clayton taking her dolls away from her just to hear her scream. She suggested getting Savannah cooking dinner. I suggested getting Savannah dropping the entire bottle of bay leaves in the stew.

Karen has 2 kids. On her way home this evening, she made an appointment to get her tubes tied.OK, I'm just kidding. She actually had the same ideas (and way more!) that I had. We both thought of filming me blogging my idea at the beginning of the episode a la Carrie Bradshaw. Except without the sex. And the city. And the shoes.

I'm totally looking forward to doing this! We're going to have so much fun making these videos! And I really think you guys are going enjoy them too!

49 comments:

WOW Dawn!!! How exciting!!! I cant wait to be able to buy your book!!! Will it be released in Asutralia!!!I cant beleive how all this has come about!! I bet you pinch yourself all the time. From expressing daily life on a seamingly anonmymus blog to worldwide poplularity, books, appearances... etcWhod have thought a house full of kids could be so entertaining!! (For other people!!) Congrautlations on your well deserved achievements.....(Dont take any notice of the spelling, im creative not acedemic!!!lol)

Dawn - I am SOOOO excited for you!!! I feel like my best friend just won the lottery!!! (Nevermind the fact that it is Books NOT Cash that arrived and -oh yeah- you don't know me from a hole in the wall - hahahah!...)

But really - I've been a "follower" of yours since back in the Pokemon days - and I am truly happy for your success! Many Congratulations... and please - PLEASE do a contest for some autographed books!... In the meantime - I know what EVERYONE is getting for Mothers Day this year!!!

Congratulations, Dawn! I remember the feeling of opening that first box of books. It certainly was a surreal moment. I flipped through the pages, muttering, "I wrote that...I wrote that too...I wrote that too!" What a mind-blowing thing to see your thoughts turn into words which turns into a manuscript that ends up as a book. It's a HUGE accomplishment!

Best of luck on your journey. I know you'll be great, and most importantly, I know you'll walk the path joyfully.

Wow, I'm so excited for you! Since being about ten, I have always loved that scene at the end of 'Back to the Future' when everything's changed and his dad opens that package with twelve copies of his newly published book that have just arrived. It's every wannabe writer's dream!

I have a SSO question...

We have four kids but they're fairly close together in age, and although I'm part of a large exteneded family, we don't get invited round much! I think I only notice because my brother and his wife have two perfectly behaved girls and are always getting invited to go away for weekends with other family members and things like that. I try not to dwell on it too much - we made a decision to have a larger family and I'm happy with that, but sometimes it bugs me. Do you ever struggle with that too?

Congratulations, Dawn! It truly is an amazing thing to take something from an idea to a concept to hours (and hours and hours) of work to reality! I can't wait to get my copy. I'm checking Amazon.com now to see when I can get it!

Yahoo! Your real, actual, honest-to-goodness BOOK!! This is very exciting. You must be on cloud nine! I'm so happy for you. The video blogging sounds cool, too. I may just upgrade my internet so I can see it.

And wow, you really rate. The Fed Ex guy does not bring my Guideposts magazine! :-) I just got March and was looking through it for you, but then realized you are in next month's issue. Can't wait!

Wow, Dawn, I'm going to mark this down on my calendar today. I *did* get excited the other day like I told about it on FB when it came up with a delivery date (baby?) of 4/7 and it hit me how soon that was. I couldn't help but joke a little on FB about checking out the author. It really has excited me at a time when I needed it, too.